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[Xoom General] inspiron41:
sales rep are usually less informed than us novice users. when a Verizon retailer told me she had a whole day training on this device, i chuckled. TRAINING lol.... couldnt even tell me how to charge it properly or anything about the android market appearance. The only thing they could help me is setup my google account on my xoom.
[Xoom General] DocSavag:
I felt the same way about the training Best Buy employees received. They were very exicited about the device and most of them had either played around with one or knew a little about it but none of them received any real training about how to activate them or even how to enter the sale into their system.

It was a very frustrating experience that could have been made better if the employees had been trained better, I don't blame any of the employees they were pleasent and apologetic about not knowing how to do what they needed to do I blame the management that failed to make sure their employees had the information they needed and frankly walked past them all morning as they stumbled around trying to deal with it without even stopping to ask what the issue was.
[Xoom General] wnrussell:
This one isn't for Android.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Systemfraud:
How does one go about trading phones with another person? For instance, if someone were trading an epic for an evo, then they have the evo from the person trading, how do you go about activating it for your own account? Won't the traders info still be on the phone, etc? Any clarifaction for be great, TIA.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fricksta:
Umm if I'm correct u both will need to call and.deactivate Ur phones and reactivate the traded one. If I was yall I would just meet up at the sprint store to trade. But imo the epic is crap
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImEVO:
You need to do a factory reset to put phone back to stock with no personal info,, just like you would get it out of the box,, you would need to call or go to a sprint store and say i would like to swap ESN numbers with these phones.. after all that your golden!! Ha

Sent from my hand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Systemfraud:
Thanks for the responses, that cleared things up. I was just curious about how trading went down.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sultan.of.swing:
When I traded my epic for my current EVO(thank God), me and the lady went to the sprint store and let the people there do it. They had to put my account on another phone, put hers on the epic and then put mine on the EVO. Took all of 10 minutes or so.
[Dell Streak 7] graffixnyc:
When I first bought this screen protector I was kind of worried that it was one that had a wet application. I havent had too much luck when I tried them years ago on my Motorola Razr. Now, I have owned dozens and dozens of different phones and have put on many screen protectors in my time and I must say this was the simplest and the least frustrating one I ever put on! I'm very OCD about air bubbles/ being straight and not peeling at the edges and if there are any I pull it up and replace it, or if I put it on I always never get it to be straight the first time I apply it and have to take it off and start over, which makes the screen protector less sticky and then also tends to dust getting in it and the edge you peeled it off from not sticking right ever again.. come on we all know we have had this stuff happen.. Actually when I buy a cheap screen protector I always by two because I know I will end up messing up the first one...

With the Skinomi It went on ONE time.. Since it's a wet application it was easy to adjust and straighten out without having to pull off the screen protector. I did apply a little extra solution for this reason so I could slide it around easier. So this is the first time I have EVER installed a screen protector and have it be prefect the first time! Not a SINGLE air bubble! I put it on and it was more over to the right side then the left, I was easily able to slide it over and center it correctly.. This screen protector looks 1000 times better than the one I had that came with my otter box commuter case for my Dell Streak. That one had tons of air bubbles(drove me nuts) and dust started to get under the corners :(

I LOVE THIS Screen protector so much I just ordered it for my Mytouch 4g phone!!! I would suggest getting one of these for sure!

edit: forgot to also mention it comes with free lifetime replacement and it's reusable so if it even does get dirty or start to come off it's easy to wash and reapply not like the ones that have the sticky stuff on the back
[Dell Streak 7] Z4nd4r:
Are screen protectors really necessary with Gorilla Glass? I've never bothered with my OG Droid. I figured, if something is abrasive enough to scratch the Gorilla Glass, it'll be abrasive enough to cut through a screen protector.
[Dell Streak 7] graffixnyc:
I saw a YouTube video of a guy with a phone that has gorilla glass and it was all scratched up. It was actually a video of how he repaired the scratches. My motto: better safe than sorry.
[Dell Streak 7] graffixnyc:
Here is something from AC on Gorilla Glass..

http://forum.androidcentral.com/epi...en-protector-gorilla-glass-answer-inside.html

"Mine was scratched within a day, nothing else in my pocket but some chapstick. It wasn't huge, but it was visible. I won't dare let my phone go naked now."

"Mine got scratched with nothing but a coin in my pocket. It's a deep one."

http://forum.androidcentral.com/mot...ngsten-carbide-gorilla-glasss-kryptonite.html

a grain of sand that gets run across a screen would Fu** it up, maybe not as much with GG as non GG but it seems sand is also an enemy of GG. I had a non GG phone with a screen protector on it and I was at the beach and some sand scraped across my screen. It scratched the screen protector(pretty badly) but not the actual screen. So in this case I do think sand or something like that would be abrasive enough to scratch the screen(again maybe not as bad with GG but there still would be SOME scratches) but not abrasive enough to go though the screen protector to the screen
[Dell Streak 7] gizmosli:
Since the DS7 is "Gorilla Glass" I did not put any screen protector, regrettably I found a scratch on the screen, I am SUPER careful with my gadget, I have it in my laptop case with nothing else next to it all the time. guys put screen protector, gorilla glass is BS.
[Dell Streak 7] Corey Bryant:
I have the Dell Venue Pro (along with the Dell Streak 7). The day after I received the Dell Venue Pro, I dropped it on the hard wood floor. It did not break or anything. I was really surprised.

I bought the Skinomi Screen Protector for the Venue Pro, and I was also afraid I would have a difficult time (two Akitas) but it was very easy to put on.

I actually just put the one on for the Dell Streak 7 after reading this (I had already taken it out of the tube and flattened it). It looks pretty good - and from my understanding, they provide lifetime replacements.

I did have to call them because I ordered the wrong one (I ordered through Amazon and the title only said Dell Streak and it was for the 5). Skinomi answered the phone quickly and it was very easy to return.
[Dell Streak 7] Stackk:
In terms of resisting scratches, I'd say Skinomi isn't worthy to be called a "screen protector." There is a difference between a product that just makes your screen look "glossy", and a product that makes your screen look glossy in addition to protecting from scratch marks. Skinomi is in the former.

In situations of accidental slips, falls, drops or contact with a hard object, I would prefer Gadgetshieldz around my phone than Skinomi. Some mistakes have happened with the use of Skinomi around my phone, and that's when I realized that for all the glossy look that the product gave my screen, it wasn't even able to resist against scratches, which is the main reason why I got it in the first place.

And isn't that why people get these things in the first place? To protect against scratches, right? Not ONLY to have the phone look glossy for a minute and let it slide back into it's more worn out state.

And it does make sense: The better the screen protector is at resisting scratch marks, the better it is at keeping the device looking "glossy".
[Dell Streak 7] nrfitchett4:
I quit using screen protectors on any of my devices that have glass screens. So far a year later, I've yet to scratch a screen.

The glossy ones are too glossy to see in any light.

The matte ones are too rough.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spanglmd:
Doe something like this exist? I have been looking all night (just got an EVO, moved up from a Hero that died)

Really like the white theme of Froyo, hating the Gingerbread standard style. Anything other than Frost that does this? I like the gradients of the stock Froyo theme :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raven_raven:
Bump... I would also like to see CM7 look like CM6 :). Gingerbread is so... dark. I'm depressed after using it for 10 minutes.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrian galaxy tab:
Check out retrodroid theme here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1014773 but for the icon, you can change it using ninjamorph from market. However, i still not able to change the phone icon for some unknown reason (always fc). Cheers!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Black Droid:
I am getting ready to install a custom kernel on my dinc, and just wanted to get a confirmation that I'm going to be doing it right. So if you agree with this procedure, let me know!!! And be sure to include a kernel suggestion(priority is battery life)

1. Find Kernel and download the .zip file

2. Plug the phone in, mount to disc drive, and drag the .zip file over to the root of your SD card

3. Unplug phone, boot into clockwork recovery

4. chose option: Install zip from SD

5. chose option: choose zip from SD

6. Choose your custom kernel

7. click yes to install

8. Reboot phone

Sound right guys???
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00s3y:
now it sounds right :cool:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7he Messiah:
Yes, that is more or less correct. It's not always mentioned, but you should also wipe Dalvik when flashing kernels.

As far as a suggestion, what kind of ROM are you running? Keep in mind that Sense ROMs and AOSP kernels may not play nice together, and vice-versa.

For Sense, I personally like Lou's #8, great battery life and smooth as hell performance.

AOSP, I like Savage Zen, what little I've used it.. but it's fairly new and I've been on Sense ROMs recently.

EDIT: And what g00s3y said. :P
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Black Droid:
Not sure what Nandroid is lol still new at this haha

I'm running the stock rom that came with my incredible. Rooted using unrevoked, don't know if that takes me back to 2.1 or not. And how do I wipe Dalvik?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
Recommend SwiFTP on device and an ftp client on PC, then no need for USB or mounting drive, etc - it becomes drag & drop.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7he Messiah:
Nandroid is a full system backup. In Clockwork, go to "Backup and Restore" and click Backup. This creates a folder in /SDCard/Clockworkmod/backup/date-and-time.

To wipe Dalvik, in Clockwork go to "Advanced" and click "Wipe Dalvik Cache." Be warned, the next time you boot after this wipe it is possible for it to take literally several minutes, that is fine and normal, just let it go.

To find your Android version, go to Settings > About Phone > Software Information. You are probably on 2.2 if the phone is new.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Black Droid:
yeah 2.2 is correct. So do I need to download nandroid, or just follow the backup steps in clockwork like you said?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00s3y:
just follow the backup steps in clockwork :cool:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7he Messiah:
Just do the backup in Clockwork. People refer to it as a "Nandroid" because that is what the option was actually called in the older versions of Clockwork. Nowadays it's just called "Backup," but the old name is still used in conversation.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Black Droid:
Thanks for the info. Now something was said about how I need to be careful about the kernels I install, care to link a stock speed undervolted hydra kernel that will work with what I got going on?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00s3y:
Personally I would go with ziggy's or HeyItsLou's kernels

ziggy - www.ziggy471.com

HeyItsLou - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=859337

Hydra kernels haven't been updated in quite some time, and to be honest i'm not even sure where to get them anymore.

But, thats your decision to make, the best kernel is the one that works best with your phone and for you.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7he Messiah:
I don't believe they are undervolted, but here is HeyItsLou's thread. His kernels (as stated earlier, specifically #8 in my case) are what I have had the best of luck with when it comes to Sense ROM performance:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=859337
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Black Droid:
Performing the backup now, and got Lou's #8 ready to be loaded. I'll post back and let everyone know how it runs. Thanks for the help guys
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Black Droid:
Install went well. I noticed right off the bat I lost the little weather animation that shows up on my home screen. I figure if the kernel plans to save me some battery life, those little animations have to go I'm assuming :o
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00s3y:
Are you sure that you lost them? I don't ever remember hearing that switching kernels stopped the Sense weather animations. :confused: (I could be wrong though)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Black Droid:
Nope, it actually came back up all of a sudden after a few minutes, not sure what caused the delay, but the kernel seems to be working smoothly with my phone. I wouldn't be surprised though if I tried out a bunch to see which one I like best, ya know?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axemanmike:
having problems with kernels

I have loaded kernerls in the past... but now im running cm6 stable and i tried a few of chads kernels.. snd my phone boots to the lock screen but i have no touch input? can someone provode a link to some kernerls that should work with cm6.. and btw will the same kernels work with cm7?

thank you
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbow32:
Can't confirm the Nandroid backup enough... always do one before you do anything.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] south2087:
I'm using savage Zen for the 1st time today and it seems fairly stable... rom is minuit 1.2.11... battery life is 52% with 11 hours use... I like this the best so far...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheLurg1687:
Question...how do you go back to the latest stock kernal? I am currently running the latewt Magnolia, and decided to try Lou's #9. I've been having some difficulty (yes I've played with a bunch of roms and kernals) but was told in the magnolia discussion that stock was the best and optimized for yge rom. So how do I go about doing it? Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00s3y:
Go into Rom Manager > Download Rom > Virtuous > Virtuous Stock Kernel (v4). That is the latest Stock Froyo kernel.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Black Droid:
Is the premium version of rom manager worth getting??? I notice that without the premium version, you cant even look at the list of available roms. Is it a waste of money to pay for something that you can already do via usb and a personal computer???
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00s3y:
The only thing you can't download without the premium version are the nightlies of CM7. There are a couple other features too, but I don't know them off the top of my head. Are you saying you are unable to see any roms in any list?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Black Droid:
It tells me that I need to upgrade to the premium version to see full list of roms. Its also telling me I need clockwork installed, but I already have it installed...

If I install clockwork again, am I going to lose all my previous backups???
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheLurg1687:
Ya thank you!! Though the only clockworkmod recoveries left are 3.0.... so it wont flash ..
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i8qbert:
This thread was exactly what i was looking for! thanks to all!:D
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisPeezy:
I wish I had known to clear dalvik before installing a new kernel... in the process of restoring a nandroid because Lou's #8 and then to Chad's 12/23 brought up force closes
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Keyboards:
Just remember you don't have to put it on the root of your SD card, you can put it into a folder also, keeping your things organized.
[A7 Android Development] Elementix:
Ok guys, here's the conversation I just had with koush:

so....that's whatsup with it so far. If anyone knows ANYTHING about the information he's asking for please get it to him or post it here while he still has my eLocity.

Again, the link for what he has right now is: http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html
[A7 Android Development] netstat_EVO:
wow 5[Strogino], really good write up.
[A7 Android Development] Elementix:
Do you know anything about fastbooting the tablet though?? Thanks for all that info btw.
[A7 Android Development] 5[Strogino]:
What did you mean? I think Koush knows about it according my post

I will check fastboot in APX mode soon...
[A7 Android Development] Elementix:
No, here's what koush had to say about it:

[23:20] <koush> i dont wanna risk flashing a recovery

[23:20] <koush> without knowing how to actually fastboot it
[A7 Android Development] DroidxRage:
OMG... clockwork on this thing would be beast... :)

Thanks Elementix for getting the ball rolling on this one!
[A7 Android Development] Koush:
thanks for the writeup.

Can someone please try this recovery?

http://mirror1.kanged.net/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.8-a7.img

I need to run to work, and don't want to mess with flashing/breaking this thing at the moment :)

Should be able to restore a broken recovery jsut fine through nvflash from what I'm reading.

Koush
[A7 Android Development] instigator008:
I installed it from Rom manager, however, it still boots into stock recovery. Tried booting into recovery from Rom manager and from key combo with no luck. Looks like it rewrites stock recovery.
[A7 Android Development] 5[Strogino]:
Damn, it was very scary................

Uploading images

Successfully flashed via nvflash

But notice...

Home and Menu buttons are same. They switch between background and menu

Search, Back and Volume do not work

Original buttons have following functions:

Search - Up

Back - Down

Home - Switch between menu and background

Menu - Enter

And got 3 errors:

Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

Can't open /cache/recovery/log

Update 1

Took bootloader from nvidia_tools (not flashed; just executed nvflash --bl bootloader.bin --go)

Device won't boot into APX mode. Did not affect to other things. Rebooted into system, run commands to get into APX mode with eLocity bootloader. Success.

Update 2

Took recovery.img from nvidia_tools. Tried to flash in partition 6 (SOS).

Device won't boot into recovery. Did not affect to other things

Rebooted into system. Run commands to get into APX mode with eLocity bootloader. Success.

Update 3

Took recovery.img from eLocity official update. Successfully flashed and went into it.

Everything seems work.
[A7 Android Development] netstat_EVO:
I'd be to scared to even try. Not a big fan of being a guinea pig on things that haven't been tried before lol :)

Not an expensive device really, but I'd rather pay my electric bill than have to buy a second one :)
[A7 Android Development] instigator008:
So, looks like it can only be flashed via fastboot for now as the bootloader rewrites stock recovery.

Fastboot is accessible via the nvidia flashing app, right?
[A7 Android Development] 5[Strogino]:
No. Fastboot is not accessible. Boot image prevents device go into fastboot.

But NVFlash utility replaces fastboot-tools fine.

It can read or write partition

It can make full dump and full restore (if we would realize how to enter into APX mode without echoing 1 to force_recovery)
[A7 Android Development] 5[Strogino]:
The way to get into APX mode

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh

I did it !!!

When at PC run following:

nvflash --bl bootloader.bin --wait --go

Tablet will wait "magical" method to get into APX mode

You need a toothpick, simple wooden toothpick !!!

At back of tablet is small hole. It can be used to restart tablet in normal mode. But it is entrance to APX same way)

- Turn tablet off

- Use toothpick and hold it there.

- With second arm turn Tablet on until green light

- At PC you'll get text that tablet loads bootloader then you can release buttons

- Text "Entering NvFlash recovery mode / Nv3p Server" notice that you have success
[A7 Android Development] instigator008:
Great work! So this sticks after tablet reboot? All buttons work i.e. up, down, menu etc?

Could u write a step by step guide?
[A7 Android Development] 5[Strogino]:
Mmmmm... What?

Tablet goes to APX mode by two methods

- echoing 1 to force_recovery (explained above already)

- pressing with toothpick in the hole at back and power (explained above already)

This mode does not have any graphical elements. It is managed by NvFlash utility.

Sorry. I don't want if anyone new would kill own device. I wrote step by step already. Everything necessary. Don't blame me - I think about safety
[A7 Android Development] instigator008:
Ok. Now what?
[A7 Android Development] bielo:
Sorry in advance total noob, but tried all 3 development kits 250 Devolopment Board, Tango and Ventana from NVIDIA website all work in respect to accessing bootloader.bin in APX mode. There are some differeces in these kits, but the resolution on all either say 1024x600 or 1366x768 and not specific to our 800x480. Would this be a road block to develop for our tabs? Or because not specific to our resolution any modes made would be buggy because of not being supported.
[A7 Android Development] Elementix:
There should be some more work on the elocity going on with koush tomorrow. We'll see what he comes up with. He didn't see the post about the toothpick until about an hour ago, so I hope it helps get recovery up and working without any problems.

I've been thinking it over a lot recently. When my tablet comes back from koush (hopefully still in working condition), I think I'll be selling it off and moving on to something else. If you're interested, PM me your best offer I suppose and we'll try to work something out. I'd really just like to get $$ for it, and I'm fine with working through paypal. I have 100% positive feedback on ebay with over 170+ transactions (I buy too much ****,lol) and am a very trustworthy guy overall. Like I said though, koush still has my it and is using it right now. If I can't sell it here, it will be going to ebay..
[A7 Android Development] Elementix:
Just thought I'd let everyone know there probably won't be any more work on clockwork for the A7 from Koush. He's sending it back to me tomorrow and soon after, it'll be heading to ebay. All of his source for it is published if someone else wants to pick up where he left off, but it's time for me to get a xoom..this tablet didn't live up to what I thought it'd be..
[A7 Android Development] 5[Strogino]:
But why? We walked half-way. We have APX mode, his CWM runned already.

Need rearrange buttons and check that updates would flash properly.

Disappointment